Job 16:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃

Transliteration

yāsōbbû ʿālay rabbāyw yəpallaḥ kilyôtay wə-lōʾ yaḥmôl yišpōk lāʾāreṣ mərērātî

Grammar Details

*yāsōbbû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they surround
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me
*rabbāyw*: adjective masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his archers/many
*yəpallaḥ*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pierces
*kilyôtay*: noun feminine plural + 1st singular suffix - my kidneys
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yaḥmôl*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he spares
*yišpōk*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pours out
*lāʾāreṣ*: preposition + noun feminine singular - to the ground
*mərērātî*: noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my gall

Word Meanings

*yāsōbbû*: to surround, encompass
*rabbāyw*: archers, many (ones), great (ones)
*yəpallaḥ*: to cleave, slice, pierce through
*kilyôtay*: kidneys, inner parts, mind
*yaḥmôl*: to spare, have compassion
*yišpōk*: to pour, pour out, spill
*ʾāreṣ*: earth, land, ground
*mərērātî*: gall, bile, bitterness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 20:25 : 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lam 3:13 : 13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Ezek 5:11 : 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
Rom 8:32 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Job 6:10 : 10 And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 19:27 : 27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
Gen 49:23 : 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
Deut 29:20 : 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].

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